In Latvia, everyone was obliged to pay the ruins tax

The Seim of Latvia on Thursday accepted in
final reading of the amendment to the law providing for since 2020
oblige the state and self -government to pay property tax (RET)
For the ruins belonging to them. This was reported by Leta .

As the chairman of the Latvian association explained
regions Martins Bondars is unfair when
Residents are required to pay tax for objects that harm the environment
And people threatening the security, and the state does not.

Earlier, the Seima Commission on the budget and finance decided in
Amendments do not indicate the specific owner of the destructive object. So
In the way, the provisions of the law will now apply to real estate, which belongs to the state and self -government, Interfax reports.

In Latvia, the problem of destroying buildings and abandoned is acute
"Nepustroev." Latvian media notes that the most bad situation with
The ruins and dangerous buildings developed in Riga, where there are more than 400 objects.